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Access to energy no panacea in war on poverty

Access to energy no panacea in war on poverty

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 23, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Access to modern forms of energy does not guarantee a reduction in poverty. Contrary to what current macroeconomic studies would have us believe, more than just electricity, gas or diesel ...


Research finds koalas are no dwarves

Research finds koalas are no dwarves

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created Dec 11, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland research has found one of Australia's iconic animals is not a shadow of its former self.


Late Neanderthals and modern human contact in southeastern Iberia

Late Neanderthals and modern human contact in southeastern Iberia

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (26) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is widely accepted that Upper Paleolithic early modern humans spread westward across Europe about 42,000 years ago, displacing and absorbing Neanderthal populations in the process. However, ...


Floppy-footed gibbons help us understand how early humans may have walked

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created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The human foot is a miracle of evolution. We can keep striding for miles on our well-sprung feet. There is nothing else like them, not even amongst our closest living relatives. According to Evie Vereecke, from the University ...


Tools give earlier date for 'modern-thinking' humans

Tools give earlier date for 'modern-thinking' humans

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 31, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team, including Oxford University archaeologists, has dated two explosions of sophisticated stone tool making in southern Africa much more precisely than has previously been ...


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Which way 'out of Africa'? New evidence provides an alternative route 'out of Africa' for early humans

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created Oct 14, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (29) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The widely held belief that the Nile valley was the most likely route out of sub-Saharan Africa for early modern humans 120,000 year ago is challenged in a paper published this week in the ...


All in the Hips: Fossilized Discovery Leads Paleontologist to Find Early Whales Used Back Legs for Swimming

All in the Hips: Fossilized Discovery Leads Paleontologist to Find Early Whales Used Back Legs for Swimming

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 12, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (14) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- The crashing of the enormous fluked tail on the surface of the ocean is a “calling card” of modern whales. Living whales have no back legs, and their front legs take the form of flippers that ...


Evolution of skull and mandible shape in cats

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created Jul 30, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

In a new study published in the online-open access journal PLoS ONE, Per Christiansen at the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, reports the finding that the evolution of skull and mandible shape in sabercats and mo ...


Study shows 28,000 year-old Europeans' DNA was like ours

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created Jul 16, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

40,000 years ago, the Cro-Magnoid people – the first people who had a skeleton that looked anatomically modern – entered Europe, coming from Africa. In the July 16 issue of the open-access journal PLoS ONE, a group of gen ...


Wood density explains sound quality of great master violins

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 3

The advantage of using medical equipment to study classical musical instruments has been proven by a Dutch researcher from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). In collaboration with a renowned luthier, Dr. Berend ...



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